A family cap on assistance is in effect. This means that a family’s Work First check will not increase when a child is born 10 months after a month in which a family received cash assistance. 

There are some exceptions to the family cap rule: a child conceived as a result of verifiable rape, sexual assault, or incest; a child for whom parental custody has been legally transferred; a child no longer able to live with his parent due to the parent’s death, incapacity or disability, and the incarceration or institutionalization of a parent for at least three months.  The Family Cap also does not apply to adopted children.